English Language Arts
Read Aloud
Title: Jump Into Science: Stars by Steve Tomecek
Watch the read aloud here
Opening Move / Book Introduction: This is an informational text about stars. You are going to be thinking about the main ideas of the story. Remember a main idea is what the story or sections are mainly about.
Stopping Point #1: Pg. 11 I noticed that the author is using a lot of questions. Why?
Stopping Point #2: Pg. 15 How is the author using evidence to prove that stars are far away?
Stopping Point #3: End: What are some of the main ideas of this informational text? Think about the main topics that the author focused on.
Writing about Reading related to the read aloud text:
Use your Writers Notebook to complete the prompt below. Add the book title as your header and the date. If your teacher uses Google Classroom, you may begin typing your responses in a new document.
Choose one main idea from the informational text and write how you know this is the main idea. Remember to use evidence from the text to support your thought.
Writing about Reading Example:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LX-J1BE0lrYHxUWvE9gAn1K_LCNvF8cUy8pWSXlbjvU/edit?usp=sharing
Writing about Reading Prompt:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mlq1O5UuJv9aL-kETs5juzQk-yTfreKBwrut1UJ8ga0/edit?usp=sharing